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 === How to unpack the iniramfs image to inspect its content ===
-In **Debian 12** the iniramfs image is composed by a cpio archive containing the Intel microcode followed by the Zstandard compressed cpio archive of the initramfs. To extract both, do the following:
+In **Debian 12** the iniramfs image may be composed by two appended cpio archives. The first containing the Intel microcode in //ASCII cpio archive// format, and the second containing the actual initramfs as a //Zstandard compressed cpio archive//. To extract both, do the following:
-Extract the microcode (take note of the number of blocks printed on stderr):
+Extract **the microcode part** (take note of the number of blocks printed on stderr):
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-Make a copy of initramfs stripping the microcode and decompress it:
+Make a copy of **the initramfs part** stripping the microcode and decompress it:
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